Synopsis
An executive, a housewife and a youngster spend a day in their Long Island suburban town during the course of one curious autumn day afternoon.
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Cast
- Embeth DavidtzThe Actress
- Edie FalcoPeggy
- Elias KoteasJohn
- Rachel ResheffChristina
- Kathryn ErbeJohn's Wife
- Danai GuriraWoman in Blue Dress
- Dana EskelsonDebbie
- Kathy SearleTicket Agent
- Peyton ListEmily
Recommendations
- 90
Variety
Helmer-writer Eric Mendelsohn returns with his first feature in a decade and the proposition that art film still has a place in the world -- which is an exhilarating idea, especially as represented by 3 Backyards, an exquisite example of calculated execution in pursuit of elusive ideas. - 80
New York Magazine (Vulture)
The movie has none of the smugness of "American Beauty": You could dream of living in a world like this. - 80
Village Voice
Mendelsohn's first film since 1999's "Judy Berlin" is devoted to finding descriptive correlatives to liminal emotional states through the cast's eloquent reaction shots and the camera's depiction of homely environments - with ornate, flowing visual vocabulary. - 80
The New York Times
Mr. Mendelsohn's ability to evoke a child's-eye view of a suburban environment is the most seductive element in a movie whose primary attraction is an atmosphere so heady that you can almost taste it. - 80
Boxoffice Magazine
It's worth remembering that eleven years passed between "Judy Berlin" and 3 Backyards, both of which earned Mendelsohn best director prizes at Sundance. - 63
New York Post
Well-acted and acutely observed. - 60
Time Out
Only Falco gets beyond being merely a symbol for suburban angst. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Smartly observed and precisely visualized, 3 Backyards is nonetheless a bore: We never care for any of the characters and their lives of "quiet desperation."
